Equipment available for anaesthesia

• Piped gases from external bunker using 6800L Oxygen cylinders and 3400L Nitrous Oxide cylinders.
• Active scavenging piped to outlet on roof.
• Ex-hospital anaesthetic machines with low oxygen alarms, fitted with emergency E size oxygen cylinders and Fluotec Mark 3 vaporisers which are calibrated for use with Halothane.
• Anaesthetic chamber, connected to scavenging system, for use with small animals.
• ECG machine
• Pulse oximeter
• Respiration monitor (ap-Alert)
• Heated operating table
• Magill semi-closed circuit, used with various face masks.
• Parallel Lack semi-closed circuits
• Co-axial Bains semi-closed circuits
• Ayre's T-Piece semi-closed circuits, all with Jackson Rees modification
• Circle closed circuit
• Oxygen tent for cats and small dogs
• All sizes of cuffed and uncuffed endotracheal tubes
• Laryngoscope
• Oesophageal stethoscopes
• Reservoir bags ranging from 2L to 5L

Drugs available for anaesthesia and premedication

• Thiopentone Sodium (Intraval Sodium, Rhone Merieux) 2.5%
• Propofol (Rapinovet, Coopers)
• Halothane
• Ketamine (Vetalar, Parke-Davis)
• Pentobarbitone Sodium (Sagatal, RMB) - this is only used for fitting animals
• Medetomidine (Domitor, SKB)
• Atipamezole (Antisedan, SKB)
• Xylazine (Rompun, Bayer)
• Fentanyl/Fluanisone (Hypnorm, Janssen)
• Atropine Sulphate 0.6 mg/ml (Atrocare, Animal Care)
• Glycopyrrolate (Robinul, Robins)
• Acepromazine 2mg/ml (ACP, C Vet)
• Diazepam 10mg in 2mls (Valium, Roche)
• Butorphanol 10mg/ml (Torbugesic, Willows Francis)
• Morphine Sulphate 10mg/ml (Evans)
• Pethidine 50mg/ml (CD)
• Buprenorphine 0.3mg/ml (Temgesic, Reckitt & Coleman)
• Adrenaline 1mg/ml (Phoenix)
• Digoxin 0.5mg in 2mls (Lanoxin, Wellcome)
• Naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan, Du Pont)
• Doxapram hydrochloride 20mg/ml (Dopram V, Willows Francis)
• Calcium gluconate 2.2 mmol/10mls (Phoenix)
• Suxamethonium (Anectine, Wellcome)
• Lidocaine hydrochloride 2% (Intubeaze, Arnolds) spray
• Lidocaine hydrochloride 2% (Xylocaine Gel, Astra Pharm)
• Dobutamine 12.5 mg/ml (Dobutrex)
• Compound sodium lactate (Hartmanns)
• Sodium chloride 0.9% (Saline)
• Haemaccel 5L